Lupe Fiasco Kicked Off Stage For Bad Mouthing Obama

When you are invited to appear at an inaugural event, it is probably wise to not bad mouth the person you are there to honor and celebrate. Lupe Fiasco chose to ignore this during his set Sunday night after he launched into a verbal attack on Obama. “I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bull***t, just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets. Rush Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist, Gaza Strip was getting bombed, Obama didn't say s**t. That's why I ain't vote for him, next one either, I'm a part of the problem, my problem is I'm peaceful and I believe in the people.”

And with that his microphone was cut off and security pushed him off the stage.

LOl I am not a Lupe fan (tried to get into his music and just couldn't), but that's some balls. While it's clearly disrespectful, I appreciate that he seized an opportunity to speak out and took that risk.

Look- Lupe has NEVER been shy about expressing his opinion and this song has been around for awhile. Maybe the produces shoudla Googled his ass before booking him for a friggin Inaugural Event.

I am NOT gonna hate on him for being a pacifist. Nor for speaking his opinion. And though I voted for Obama twice and consider myself a liberal to the core, many many liberals and "left-wingers" really feel Obama is more moderate than anything else. He has made several decisions that I have not been down with or believe was for the good of the people as a whole.

I see no real problem with what Lupe did- which was shine light on the fact that (unfortunately) Obama has done some right wing, Westward expansion, shit.

Team Lupe. I think the organizers knew this would happen, and wanted to address the concerns of those who feel that Obama is not doing enough. Lupe is no dimwit-he's probably one of the brightest "rappers" out there.

Well, it got him his 15 minutes 'cause I've never heard of this assclown, who, along with a lot of other assclowns, was oddly silent when this "war on terror" and deficit shit started about 10 years ago.

Lupe is no dimwit, he's actually very intelligent and he's always spoken out against Obama. This is NOT the first time he's said something like this. He has also spoken out against rappers that glorify crime and violence, namely, Chief Keef. (enty wrote a story about him earlier) There is usually truth to his comments, but he doesn't always choose the right time and place to express them.

As others have said, his views are no secret and he has expressed them many times. That's why I'm thinking this was a set up publicity stunt. I don't follow rap at all but I know who this guy is and what he has been saying. I suppose the organizers wanted some controversy and knew this would stir things up a bit. I'm sure he agreed.

@Crystal, I gotta disagree. The English language is a very fluid and malleable form of communication and ones subjective use of slang and/or colloquial terms when expressing their personal opinions in a non-academic arena does not neccesitate formal standardization nor does such usage reflect ones intellectual capacity.

President Obama is a right of center Reagan Republican for sure!! Because of how the system works and lack of campaign finance reform crappy candidates will always be a problem. I voted for Obama as the lesser of 2 evils. Whenever I hear someone calling him a Socialist I figure they don't like him for other reasons because it's certainly not his politics!

I like Lupe's music, but for all his grandstanding about Obama, the government, greed, all while sitting front row at Paris fashion shows and slipping luxury items into his songs, spoils the milk for me. I respect that he has his point of view, but some of his actions speak louder than his words.

I'd never heard of Lupe until his song focused on the misogyny in rap and how it not only forms young boys opinions about what girls are, but also young girls, came out. It didn't take terribly long to Google him and find out his stances. It wasn't the wisest move ever, but whomever booked him should've known, too

Totally inapproiate for the occaison. I bet anything he's never voted in his life. And grinning like a fool? He knew exactly what he was doing; getting publicity. Jerk.having said that, it is america and can say what you want. I guess security deemed a risk to safety, do hustled him off. I wish i had a crew like that for when i dont like an act! Lol

Nutty you are #1 correct. I was speaking to an African American patient of line today who told me that her children consider her an Uncle Tom because she doesn't care for Obama and didn't vote for him. How sad. Reverse racism.

a schlesinger guy who was an adviser and friend of jfk wrote a great article once (cannot recall his exact name or the publication). but the crux of his opinion was this:

"there are no less tolerant, censor-happy people than liberals…when someone disagrees with them or holds a contrary opinion. they wield p.c. speech control like a weapon, and will shame or exile anyone who crosses their lines of what is acceptable. for people who clothe themselves in the 1st amendment, liberals don't like it when you use your rights to state a contrary opinion."

(paraphrased, but these were the words of a historian, friend, and adviser to a liberal democrat president written in the 1990s about the scary p.c. speech hypocrisy. i don't like lupe fiasco and think it was a classless stunt, but where's the free speech?).

@Amber – I couldn't disagree more. He was paid entertainment for a gig. He wants to speak his mind, do it on his own time. It was dishonest, opportunistic and disrespectful. And I can't stand Obama (his policies I mean).

@goddes, lol as soon as I started hearing his "rant" I was like isn't that one of his songs? They really need to do more background on the artists they have performing if they're going to completely CENSOR them while they are merely performing their songs.

So much for freedom of speech.Madlyb Lupe's debut album in 2006 got him nominated for 3 Grammy's and a win. His sophomore album in 2007 was referred to as "one of the years best hip hop albums" by The New York Times and the first single debuted at #10 on Billboard. In 2008 he toured with Kanye, N.E.R.D and Rihanna on the Glow in the Dark tour, and his 2011 album Lasers debuted at #1 on Billboard top 200. That album also got him 3 nominations at the 2012 Grammys for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Perfomance, and Best Rap Song.

that's just it @Puggle, he was performing a song of his that just so happened to include those words quoted above as the lyrics. What enty quoted wasn't written as some sort of sneak attack on Obama, it's been out for a few years.

They asked a politically charged musician to perform and they should've expected this. I see what everyone is saying about it being in bad taste but it's being reported without a lot of the facts.

Just like other people have said on here, he was kicked out because he would not move on to another song and the audience was getting tired of it. I llke his music and respect his view now agreeing with him is a whole different ballgame. I'm no dummy when it comes to politics and I know whom I vote for. I may not like everything that Obama is doing but damnit I still got a job and he was diffently better than his challenger.

Second, it's one of his biggest songs. NOT performing it would be like Taylor Swift not performing Love Story.

Third, saying 'well he got paid, so he should only play music that pleases his payer' is fucking retarded. That's the exact opposite of the entire point of art and the exact opposite of the point of the 1st amendment. Go learn something about America, ffs, a land where PEOPLE are ALLOWED to criticize their government without being dragged out of the building by armed guards.

Fourth, if the crowd was so pissed off by the song, why is it in the video you can hear them CHEERING him and chanting "Lupe"? Don't ask me to believe nonsense when I can click the video link and see the crowd cheering the guy and booing the guards.

Obama isn't a philosopher king – We get to say things he doesn't agree with, even to his face, and he doesn't get to sic his guards on us for us. Where can we find a president who can face down a rapper with words and ideas and not the threat of violence?

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